Claire Sterling rolled onto her side, in the large bed made for 2 but as of 6 months ago her husband started sleeping in the guest room. It was going to be their fifth anniversary soon, but about a year ago she had a miscarriage with their first child and things just went downhill from there. For a few months they tried to stay tight together but then he started coming home late from work and went to the guest room instead of theirs. Not making anything any better.

But their family didn't know anything about their marriage struggles so they all pitched in to send them off to Hawaii. It was out of pity really. Both of them had siblings who had children successfully, and felt bad that they didn't and maybe never could. So today was the day they would send off to the warm sunny beaches of Honolulu.

Whether they will reconnect and find love again is up to them...

"Jake?'' Clair knocked on the door of her husband's ''room'' which was actually the gust room. No response. She opened the door hesitantly, peeking inside. Jake was sprawled on his stomach snoring softly. "Jake you need to wake up...We're leaving in 2 hours." No response...again. She groaned and walked over to him, kneeling on the bed. She prodded his bare back, making him shift and groan.

"What is it?" He mumbled tiredly, swatting at her hand. "We're leaving in 2 hours. You need to get up, shower, get dressed and finish packing." She got off the bed as he rolled onto his back, looking up at her with a dazed expression. "Where we going...?" He sat up slightly, rubbing his eyes and yawning. "Hawaii. For our anniversary. Remember?" She sighed, exasperated with her husband.

"Yeah..yeah..right.." He yawned again, laying back down. Claire huffed, looking down at him. "Jake!" "What?!" He sat up wide-eyed. "Get out of bed or we won't leave on time and we'll miss the plane." "I know, I know." He stretched out his arms and cracked his neck and back before putting his feet on the ground and standing up.

He stepped around her, exiting the room to go their room and shower. She sighed, rubbing her forehead as she exited the room to make breakfast for them.

Jake came into the kitchen just as Clair was putting eggs and bacon on their plates, setting it on the table with 2 mugs of coffee. "Thanks." He said before a second bite of his breakfast. "Your welcome." She replied softly, eating her food slowly in small bites. "What time does our flight leave?" He asked, pushing his empty plate away, and picking up his coffee. "12. We'll get there about...6-ish Hawaii time. 11 hour flight."

She said taking both of their dishes to the sink once they'd both finished. She washed the dishes quietly as he wiped the table off. Once they had finished they went to their room to finish last-minute packing. Jake grumbled shoving work he had to do into the front pocket of his suitcase. "It would have been nice to know about this a little sooner. My boss was pretty upset when I told him with only a few day notice."

He zipped his case up, looking over at her. "They probably thought that you would be getting off anyways." "Maybe for 2 or 3 days in like..New York or something. But Hawaii..and a whole week?" She sighed, standing up with her suitcase. "Well if the idea sounds so dreadful and you'd rather stay and work I'll just go by myself." She huffed and left him alone in the room. He sighed and followed her out, putting his suitcase next to hers by the door.

He took his jacket down from the coat rack, putting it on. He took hers down as well, helping her into it. She mumbled a thanks and opened the door, both of them going outside with their stuff with their luggage in hand. Jake got the cars out, unlocked the car, and took Claire's luggage, placing everything in the trunk before getting into the car with her.

The car ride was only 15 minutes to the airport, but the plane ride was dreadfully long. 3 hour and 7 hour flights in small planes with several other people. They were forced to squeeze together so they didn't touch the large man beside them that was snoring loudly and as soon as they landed they got a taxi to take them to the hotel.

Claire yawned widely, even though it was only 5 in Hawaii, as she walked into the room they were staying at, Jake behind her with their luggage. He set their stuff down and looked around the room, making sure everything looked good. Claire kneeled in front of her case, opening it up slowly. She rummaged around a bit, looking for her silk night-dress, heading to the bathroom was she found it. Jake sighed softly, watching her as she went into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.

After a few minutes though she peeked her head around the corner calling for him. "What is it?" He asked softly, looking over at her. He was already dressed_well actually undressed_in just his boxer shorts."M-my dress... it's too small..." "Um..ok...do you have another one?" "N-no...I was wondering if I could borrow one of your shirts..." She was blushing lightly, looking down, waiting for his response. He sighed and got off the bed, going to his suitcase and opening it. He pulled out a plain cotton-t shirt for her and went over to the bathroom door, handing her the shirt.

She whispered a quiet thanks before closing the door again. She sighed quietly, sitting on the toilet, bringing the shirt up to her nose. She breathed in deeply, closing her eyes as she smelled the shirt. God she missed him...She pulled the shirt over her head and went to the door, going back into their room quietly.

Jake watched her bare legs that looked incredibly smooth as she walked over to the bed. Suddenly a bunch of thoughts and memories of her walking around in his shirts filled his mind, and thoughts of touching those luxurious legs and having her wrap them around him. It felt like a slap in the face thinking those things when he hadn't hardly thought about her in 6 months. But she really..really looked nice in that shirt.. He shook his head clearing his thoughts and laid out on the bed next to her, laying on his side, looking at her back.

She shivered a little and he pulled the blankets over them, scooting a little bit closer together before they both fell into an exhausted sleep.